Talisman Red's Womens College Soccer Computer Ratings
David Rothman/FACT Rankings
David Rothman (1935-2004) was a pioneer in the sports ratings world, with his rating system being recognized by the NCAA from 1968-2006 as a national championship selector in college football. Here, I use his original system (and nearly original code) to provide an alternative rating. More details at the bottom of the page.
If you'd prefer, you can save the original text file. Don't forget about the full ratings list, either.
David's method considers only scores. Game locations, dates, and any other information is not included.
Warning: since David's method starts every team from scratch, it usually takes 6-7 games in a season for the results to "converge" to something useful.
< DAVID ROTHMAN'S WOMENS SOCCER RANKINGS >
BASED ON 2959 GAMES BETWEEN 350 TEAMS AND NO OTHER INFORMATION
THROUGH GAMES OF THURSDAY OCTOBER 30 2025
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
Within each conference, teams are listed in order of
their overall rating using Rothman's FACT formula. All
conferences are sorted and listed at the end.
BIG10
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 14 Michigan St. 7 1 3 10 3 5 60.85
2 18 UCLA 6 2 3 10 4 3 60.30
3 19 Iowa 6 2 3 11 3 4 60.16
4 22 Washington 8 1 2 11 2 5 59.53
5 23 Wisconsin 6 3 2 12 4 2 59.36
6 32 Northwestern 5 2 5 9 3 7 58.50
7 34 Penn St. 5 4 2 9 6 3 58.33
8 35 Illinois 6 4 2 13 4 2 58.13
9 37 Ohio St. 4 3 5 7 4 6 57.96
10 48 Southern California 4 6 2 7 7 3 56.05
11 54 Nebraska 3 5 3 8 5 5 55.58
12 71 Michigan 3 4 4 6 8 4 54.05
13 75 Indiana 2 4 5 5 6 6 53.78
14 84 Minnesota 2 6 3 6 8 3 53.35
15 85 Rutgers 2 7 2 4 7 5 53.34
16 116 Oregon 1 6 4 3 10 5 51.38
17 127 Purdue 3 7 1 6 10 3 51.10
18 146 Maryland 2 8 1 6 11 1 50.34
A10
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 43 Dayton 10 0 0 13 3 2 56.83
2 47 Saint Louis 8 1 1 13 3 2 56.08
3 82 Loyola Chicago 4 2 4 9 3 6 53.42
4 106 Duquesne 7 3 0 12 5 1 52.04
5 115 Rhode Island 5 3 2 11 5 2 51.61
6 167 Fordham 5 4 1 10 6 2 49.67
7 187 VCU 5 4 1 7 9 3 48.78
8 188 La Salle 4 4 2 7 7 3 48.72
9 202 Davidson 3 5 2 7 7 3 47.43
10 246 George Mason 3 5 2 4 9 4 45.61
11 249 Richmond 1 5 4 4 7 7 45.30
12 261 Saint Joseph's 2 6 2 5 9 3 44.95
13 266 George Washington 2 7 1 5 9 4 44.75
14 326 St. Bonaventure 0 10 0 2 13 2 39.60
ACC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 1 Stanford 9 0 1 15 1 1 65.25
2 2 Notre Dame 8 1 1 13 1 2 64.78
3 4 Virginia 6 2 2 12 2 3 63.45
4 6 Florida St. 6 2 2 10 2 3 62.53
5 7 Duke 7 3 0 12 3 1 62.13
6 13 Louisville 6 2 2 13 3 2 61.00
7 29 North Carolina 6 4 0 12 6 0 58.67
8 30 Wake Forest 5 3 3 10 4 4 58.62
9 36 Clemson 4 5 2 7 5 5 58.07
10 38 California 4 2 4 8 3 8 57.65
11 76 Pittsburgh 2 8 0 6 10 2 53.71
12 78 SMU 2 7 2 8 8 2 53.61
13 88 Miami (FL) 1 7 2 7 8 3 53.32
14 91 Virginia Tech 1 8 2 4 10 4 53.03
15 92 NC State 4 4 2 5 9 4 52.91
16 113 Boston College 1 7 2 5 8 5 51.69
17 133 Syracuse 1 8 1 5 9 4 50.87
AMEAST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 132 Binghamton 5 0 3 10 1 5 50.88
2 222 NJIT 2 3 3 7 5 5 46.51
3 227 UMass Lowell 3 2 3 5 5 5 46.44
4 237 Vermont 5 1 2 7 5 5 46.01
5 242 Bryant 2 2 4 4 4 7 45.79
6 257 Maine 3 3 2 4 7 3 45.05
7 264 New Hampshire 2 2 4 3 5 7 44.82
8 276 UMBC 2 5 1 6 8 4 44.00
9 328 UAlbany 1 7 0 2 13 2 39.44
AMER
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 15 Memphis 9 0 1 14 0 2 60.82
2 68 Charlotte 6 2 2 10 5 2 54.29
3 94 Rice 3 2 5 9 3 5 52.89
4 107 UAB 4 3 3 7 5 6 52.03
5 109 UTSA 4 3 3 7 5 5 52.02
6 112 Tulsa 4 3 3 8 5 5 51.72
7 129 South Fla. 4 4 2 8 8 2 51.00
8 145 East Carolina 4 4 2 6 7 4 50.37
9 198 North Texas 2 5 3 6 10 4 47.63
10 208 Fla. Atlantic 1 7 2 4 12 3 47.15
11 284 American 0 0 0 3 10 4 43.01
12 320 Temple 1 9 0 3 15 0 40.48
ASUN
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 114 Lipscomb 8 2 1 12 5 2 51.66
2 131 Eastern Ky. 5 3 3 10 4 5 50.91
3 158 FGCU 8 2 1 10 5 2 49.93
4 159 Bellarmine 5 5 1 9 5 3 49.83
5 196 North Ala. 4 3 4 8 5 6 48.02
6 200 Jacksonville 6 1 4 8 4 5 47.57
7 215 North Florida 6 3 2 8 8 3 46.84
8 228 Central Ark. 3 5 2 6 9 2 46.41
9 291 Austin Peay 0 6 4 0 11 7 42.57
10 302 Queens (NC) 2 7 2 3 11 5 41.76
11 321 Stetson 2 8 0 5 14 0 40.32
12 325 West Ga. 2 6 2 4 13 2 39.90
BIG12
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 3 TCU 9 1 1 15 2 1 63.59
2 5 Colorado 8 1 2 14 2 3 62.57
3 10 Texas Tech 7 1 3 13 2 3 61.54
4 11 West Virginia 8 0 3 13 2 3 61.39
5 12 Baylor 7 3 1 12 3 3 61.33
6 17 Kansas 6 4 1 12 4 3 60.32
7 21 UCF 5 1 5 11 2 5 59.82
8 27 BYU 4 5 2 9 6 3 58.78
9 40 Arizona St. 3 5 3 10 5 4 57.19
10 49 Houston 2 4 5 6 4 7 55.95
11 50 Kansas St. 2 5 4 7 6 5 55.89
12 58 Utah 2 7 2 6 9 3 55.33
13 70 Arizona 2 8 1 7 11 1 54.17
14 95 Cincinnati 3 6 2 5 8 6 52.86
15 98 Iowa St. 1 8 2 4 9 4 52.77
16 128 Oklahoma St. 0 10 1 4 13 2 51.09
BIGEAST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 20 Georgetown 9 0 0 13 2 2 60.03
2 26 Xavier 8 0 1 13 2 2 58.92
3 52 UConn 7 1 2 11 3 3 55.58
4 99 Creighton 3 3 3 6 7 4 52.47
5 130 Butler 2 3 4 5 4 7 50.96
6 134 Providence 3 4 2 6 6 3 50.87
7 138 Villanova 4 5 0 8 8 0 50.56
8 151 Marquette 2 4 3 5 7 4 50.20
9 216 St. John's (NY) 1 5 3 3 8 5 46.83
10 235 DePaul 1 7 1 4 12 1 46.18
11 263 Seton Hall 0 8 1 3 9 5 44.94
BIGSKY
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 64 Montana 5 1 2 10 3 3 54.60
2 83 Weber St. 5 2 1 11 6 1 53.40
3 165 Eastern Wash. 4 3 1 7 6 4 49.71
4 178 Idaho 2 2 4 5 5 8 49.25
5 183 Northern Ariz. 2 3 3 4 5 7 49.00
6 189 Idaho St. 2 4 2 5 7 4 48.57
7 204 Portland St. 3 3 2 3 8 4 47.35
8 214 Sacramento St. 2 5 1 6 11 1 46.85
9 219 Northern Colo. 2 4 2 3 10 6 46.73
BIGSTH
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 226 Radford 7 1 0 8 4 1 46.45
2 234 USC Upstate 6 2 0 10 6 1 46.18
3 270 Longwood 5 3 0 8 7 2 44.55
4 306 High Point 3 3 2 3 9 4 41.51
5 307 Charleston So. 3 4 1 5 7 4 41.46
6 314 Winthrop 2 3 3 3 6 6 40.95
7 323 UNC Asheville 1 5 2 4 9 3 40.19
8 334 Gardner-Webb 3 3 2 4 10 3 38.74
9 337 Presbyterian 0 6 2 3 10 3 37.25
BIGWEST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 46 Cal St. Fullerton 6 2 2 13 2 3 56.55
2 73 Cal Poly 6 2 2 8 2 9 53.82
3 74 UC Santa Barbara 5 2 3 12 4 4 53.82
4 81 UC Irvine 5 2 3 8 4 7 53.49
5 124 CSUN 6 1 3 8 7 4 51.20
6 125 CSU Bakersfield 5 4 1 8 8 2 51.19
7 137 UC San Diego 3 3 4 5 6 8 50.64
8 173 Hawaii 2 4 4 4 7 8 49.53
9 174 Long Beach St. 2 4 4 4 8 5 49.51
10 221 UC Davis 1 8 1 3 12 4 46.52
11 309 UC Riverside 0 9 1 0 16 2 41.42
CAA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 90 UNCW 7 0 2 11 3 3 53.04
2 141 Stony Brook 6 4 0 10 6 1 50.48
3 142 Elon 5 2 3 11 2 5 50.47
4 150 Monmouth 5 3 1 10 5 2 50.23
5 182 Col. of Charleston 4 3 2 8 6 3 49.04
6 185 Hofstra 3 4 3 6 5 7 48.93
7 191 William & Mary 5 3 2 7 7 4 48.53
8 223 Towson 3 3 3 5 5 6 46.50
9 240 Northeastern 2 4 3 3 7 6 45.90
10 245 Campbell 2 4 3 4 7 5 45.64
11 278 Drexel 2 5 2 3 7 7 43.85
12 342 Hampton 0 9 0 2 12 1 36.09
CUSA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 53 Liberty 5 0 2 10 3 4 55.58
2 139 Delaware 2 2 3 9 2 5 50.52
3 140 FIU 3 3 1 6 5 4 50.51
4 155 Kennesaw State 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
5 169 Middle Tenn. 4 2 1 9 5 3 49.64
6 171 Sam Houston 5 2 1 8 5 2 49.57
7 179 Western Ky. 5 0 2 6 4 3 49.18
8 197 Missouri St. 1 3 3 4 8 4 47.63
9 236 New Mexico St. 1 3 4 2 12 4 46.09
10 250 UTEP 0 4 3 3 9 4 45.25
11 256 Jacksonville St. 0 6 1 6 8 3 45.07
12 258 Louisiana Tech 3 4 1 4 12 2 45.01
HORZ
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 126 Milwaukee 8 0 2 11 4 3 51.16
2 194 Northern Ky. 7 1 2 9 2 6 48.09
3 248 Wright St. 4 1 5 7 6 5 45.35
4 265 Youngstown St. 6 2 2 8 9 2 44.79
5 298 Cleveland St. 1 3 6 4 6 7 42.15
6 299 Green Bay 4 3 3 6 8 3 42.05
7 300 Oakland 2 2 6 3 7 8 41.94
8 315 IU Indy 3 5 2 4 11 3 40.70
9 316 Robert Morris 2 5 3 4 9 4 40.67
10 333 Detroit Mercy 0 7 3 1 13 3 38.78
11 344 Purdue Fort Wayne 1 9 0 1 15 1 35.42
IVY
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 69 Brown 2 1 2 7 2 4 54.22
2 121 Dartmouth 3 1 1 7 3 3 51.27
3 135 Harvard 3 1 1 5 4 3 50.72
4 147 Princeton 3 2 0 5 5 3 50.28
5 154 Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
6 172 Columbia 3 2 0 5 6 2 49.54
7 192 Cornell 1 4 0 4 6 4 48.52
8 244 Yale 1 5 0 3 11 0 45.73
MAAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 87 Fairfield 10 0 2 15 1 2 53.32
2 199 Quinnipiac 8 0 4 8 3 5 47.57
3 211 Siena 6 3 3 9 4 6 46.99
4 260 Sacred Heart 7 5 0 9 8 1 44.96
5 272 Manhattan 6 5 1 7 6 5 44.41
6 275 Canisius 7 4 1 7 8 1 44.15
7 277 Marist 5 2 5 5 7 5 43.91
8 296 Niagara 3 7 2 6 8 2 42.27
9 313 Saint Peter's 3 8 1 6 9 3 41.00
10 317 Iona 4 6 2 6 10 3 40.65
11 318 Rider 1 6 5 3 8 7 40.64
12 319 Merrimack 3 9 0 4 12 2 40.49
13 340 Mount St. Mary's 1 9 2 1 11 2 37.12
MAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 60 Western Mich. 9 2 1 13 4 1 54.84
2 100 Buffalo 8 3 1 12 4 2 52.44
3 111 Miami (OH) 9 1 2 12 4 2 51.85
4 117 Bowling Green 4 1 7 9 2 8 51.36
5 161 Ball St. 7 4 1 10 6 2 49.82
6 168 Kent St. 6 4 2 8 6 5 49.65
7 201 Ohio 3 5 4 5 9 5 47.53
8 209 Eastern Mich. 4 4 4 6 8 4 47.08
9 210 Massachusetts 3 6 2 5 8 4 47.07
10 243 Akron 2 7 3 5 9 4 45.77
11 251 NIU 2 7 2 4 10 3 45.22
12 267 Toledo 1 7 4 4 8 6 44.74
13 292 Central Mich. 1 8 3 1 14 3 42.54
MEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 290 Fairmont St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 42.83
MTNW
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 63 Utah St. 5 2 3 8 6 5 54.60
2 72 Boise St. 8 0 2 10 3 6 53.87
3 77 San Diego St. 5 2 4 8 4 6 53.66
4 79 Colorado St. 4 2 4 10 3 5 53.60
5 93 Air Force 6 2 2 8 5 4 52.90
6 110 New Mexico 4 2 4 8 4 5 51.97
7 119 Wyoming 2 4 4 5 6 6 51.29
8 143 Colorado Col. 2 3 5 5 6 7 50.44
9 148 Fresno St. 4 4 2 7 6 5 50.24
10 149 Grand Canyon 3 5 2 8 8 2 50.23
11 205 UNLV 2 4 4 4 10 5 47.33
12 271 Nevada 1 9 1 2 14 2 44.41
13 273 San Jose St. 0 7 3 1 14 3 44.41
MVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 163 Drake 6 2 1 9 5 4 49.75
2 175 Murray St. 5 1 3 10 4 4 49.50
3 213 UIC 3 3 3 6 7 4 46.96
4 217 Illinois St. 3 2 4 6 6 6 46.80
5 220 Southern Ill. 4 4 1 10 5 3 46.61
6 230 Belmont 2 4 3 4 6 7 46.36
7 232 Indiana St. 4 2 3 7 5 6 46.22
8 247 Evansville 3 5 1 7 7 2 45.47
9 289 Valparaiso 2 4 3 5 8 4 42.85
10 305 UNI 1 6 2 2 9 3 41.55
NEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 252 FDU 7 0 2 7 4 5 45.21
2 274 Wagner 6 1 2 7 2 6 44.38
3 285 Howard 6 1 2 8 5 3 42.98
4 294 Central Conn. St. 4 1 4 4 5 5 42.39
5 303 LIU 4 2 3 6 4 5 41.66
6 312 Stonehill 4 3 2 4 8 4 41.01
7 332 Chicago St. 2 5 2 4 8 5 39.10
8 336 Delaware St. 3 5 1 5 8 2 37.97
9 339 Mercyhurst 2 6 2 2 13 3 37.13
10 345 Le Moyne 0 6 3 0 13 4 34.98
11 346 Saint Francis 0 8 1 0 13 3 33.82
OVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 218 Tennessee Tech 6 0 3 6 6 6 46.76
2 225 Lindenwood 5 2 2 8 4 5 46.46
3 231 Little Rock 5 0 4 7 3 6 46.32
4 280 Eastern Ill. 5 3 1 8 7 3 43.67
5 281 Southern Ind. 5 2 3 8 7 4 43.62
6 283 UT Martin 3 3 4 3 7 9 43.06
7 324 SIUE 2 4 4 3 11 5 40.06
8 330 Morehead St. 1 6 2 3 13 2 39.30
9 335 Southeast Mo. St. 2 6 2 2 15 2 38.27
10 347 Western Ill. 0 8 1 0 17 1 33.26
PATR
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 118 Boston U. 6 1 1 10 4 3 51.31
2 136 Army West Point 5 2 1 11 5 2 50.68
3 177 Colgate 5 2 1 9 5 4 49.28
4 207 Loyola Maryland 1 2 5 5 4 8 47.26
5 212 Navy 1 3 4 8 6 4 46.97
6 229 Holy Cross 3 3 2 6 7 5 46.39
7 253 Lafayette 2 3 3 5 7 5 45.15
8 268 Bucknell 1 3 4 3 9 6 44.66
9 287 Lehigh 1 6 1 3 11 3 42.87
SEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 8 Vanderbilt 7 2 1 13 3 1 61.95
2 9 Tennessee 6 2 2 12 2 3 61.94
3 16 Arkansas 7 1 2 9 3 4 60.81
4 24 Georgia 6 1 3 10 3 5 59.29
5 25 LSU 5 2 3 10 5 3 58.97
6 28 South Carolina 4 2 4 10 3 5 58.77
7 31 Mississippi St. 5 4 1 10 5 1 58.51
8 39 Oklahoma 3 4 3 10 4 4 57.41
9 41 Alabama 4 6 0 10 7 1 56.98
10 44 Kentucky 5 2 3 11 4 3 56.80
11 55 Auburn 1 3 6 4 5 7 55.46
12 56 Florida 2 3 5 6 6 5 55.44
13 66 Texas A&M 2 6 2 5 7 5 54.52
14 102 Missouri 1 7 2 4 10 3 52.37
15 105 Ole Miss 0 7 3 4 8 3 52.05
16 120 Texas 2 8 0 4 12 1 51.28
SOCON
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 97 Samford 7 0 2 10 2 5 52.85
2 152 Chattanooga 4 2 3 10 4 4 50.15
3 153 Western Caro. 5 2 2 9 5 4 50.10
4 157 ETSU 4 1 4 9 3 6 49.95
5 186 Furman 3 2 4 8 3 5 48.89
6 241 Mercer 3 3 3 7 6 3 45.84
7 269 UNC Greensboro 3 4 3 4 11 3 44.64
8 282 Wofford 3 4 3 6 8 6 43.37
9 310 The Citadel 2 6 2 5 9 3 41.04
10 341 VMI 0 10 0 2 17 1 37.07
STHLD
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 190 Northwestern St. 7 2 1 11 4 3 48.56
2 195 SFA 5 1 4 7 3 9 48.02
3 238 East Texas A&M 4 2 4 7 7 4 45.95
4 259 Houston Christian 4 4 2 9 8 2 44.97
5 262 Lamar University 3 3 4 5 7 5 44.94
6 279 Southeastern La. 5 3 2 6 7 4 43.81
7 293 UIW 2 5 3 4 8 4 42.43
8 297 A&M-Corpus Christi 3 4 3 3 8 5 42.20
9 308 UTRGV 3 6 1 4 10 2 41.42
10 311 McNeese 3 5 2 4 11 4 41.04
11 327 Nicholls 1 5 4 3 9 5 39.54
SUMMIT
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 65 Denver 6 1 1 9 4 4 54.57
2 80 South Dakota St. 4 1 3 8 2 6 53.57
3 103 Oral Roberts 6 1 1 10 4 2 52.24
4 176 South Dakota 3 3 2 6 5 6 49.32
5 184 Kansas City 3 3 2 7 7 3 48.94
6 193 North Dakota 2 4 2 7 7 3 48.14
7 203 Omaha 3 4 1 6 8 4 47.41
8 286 North Dakota St. 1 6 1 2 12 1 42.90
9 288 St. Thomas (MN) 0 5 3 2 8 4 42.85
SUNBLT
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 59 Old Dominion 6 1 3 10 2 4 55.17
2 61 James Madison 5 2 3 9 4 5 54.83
3 67 South Alabama 6 1 3 10 3 3 54.47
4 86 Texas St. 5 1 4 7 3 6 53.32
5 101 ULM 6 0 4 11 2 4 52.40
6 123 Marshall 4 2 4 7 4 5 51.22
7 144 App State 3 4 3 7 7 3 50.42
8 164 Coastal Carolina 0 2 8 3 5 8 49.75
9 166 Georgia St. 5 4 1 7 7 2 49.67
10 170 Louisiana 4 3 3 7 6 4 49.61
11 206 Ga. Southern 0 5 5 2 10 5 47.31
12 233 Arkansas St. 2 6 2 4 7 4 46.20
13 255 Troy 0 7 3 4 9 3 45.10
14 304 Southern Miss. 1 9 0 2 14 1 41.65
SWAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 156 Miss. Valley St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
2 295 Grambling 4 0 3 7 6 4 42.34
3 301 Jackson St. 5 1 1 6 6 3 41.79
4 322 Texas Southern 5 1 1 5 6 4 40.24
5 329 Alabama A&M 4 2 1 7 8 1 39.38
6 331 Alcorn 3 3 2 4 7 4 39.27
7 338 Prairie View 3 3 1 4 9 2 37.20
8 343 Southern U. 2 4 1 3 10 1 36.06
9 349 Alabama St. 1 6 0 1 13 0 29.11
10 350 Ark.-Pine Bluff 0 7 0 0 11 0 26.26
WAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 45 Utah Valley 8 0 1 11 4 2 56.60
2 122 California Baptist 6 2 1 10 7 2 51.24
3 180 Utah Tech 3 4 2 6 7 4 49.09
4 224 Abilene Christian 1 5 3 5 10 3 46.46
5 239 Tarleton St. 1 4 4 6 6 6 45.92
6 254 Southern Utah 2 6 1 3 11 3 45.11
WCC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 33 Saint Mary's (CA) 5 1 2 10 2 3 58.36
2 42 Pepperdine 6 1 1 9 5 2 56.83
3 51 Seattle U 3 3 2 7 3 6 55.73
4 57 Portland 4 1 3 7 3 6 55.35
5 62 Santa Clara 3 2 3 7 6 3 54.78
6 89 Gonzaga 4 2 2 5 8 2 53.05
7 96 Washington St. 3 3 2 5 6 5 52.86
8 104 San Diego 1 4 3 4 4 7 52.21
9 108 LMU (CA) 2 3 3 5 5 4 52.02
10 160 Pacific 1 3 4 4 6 6 49.82
11 162 San Francisco 1 5 2 2 9 4 49.82
12 181 Oregon St. 1 6 1 2 9 5 49.06
INDEP
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 348 South Carolina St. 0 0 0 1 13 0 30.93
CONFERENCES RANKED
CONFERENCE AVE RATING
1 BIG12 57.79
2 ACC 57.72
3 SEC 57.03
4 BIG10 56.23
5 WCC 53.32
6 BIGEAST 51.60
7 BIGWEST 50.70
8 MTNW 50.69
9 AMER 50.28
10 SUNBLT 50.08
11 IVY 50.04
12 BIGSKY 49.50
13 WAC 49.07
14 A10 48.91
15 SUMMIT 48.88
16 CUSA 48.67
17 MAC 48.45
18 CAA 47.39
19 PATR 47.18
20 SOCON 46.39
21 ASUN 46.31
22 MVC 46.21
23 AMEAST 45.44
24 STHLD 43.90
25 MAAC 43.65
26 MEC 42.83
27 HORZ 42.83
28 OVC 42.08
29 BIGSTH 41.92
30 NEC 40.06
31 SWAC 38.17
32 INDEP 30.93
More Details
I've preserved David's original source code (last update: 1990!!) if you'd like to get it and try it out yourself. In my testing, it has good results for football, basketball, soccer, and ice hockey, so I imagine it would be useful for just about any sport. (That was the point, when he created it.)
David's rankings were part of college football's Bowl Championship Series from 1999 to 2001, but the next year the BCS managers decided to remove margin of victory from all of the computers that were part of the formula. David refused to change, and that ended his BCS run. If you grab the code and want to do a "politically correct" calculation that does not consider margin of victory, then just change all the scores to 1-0, or 2-0, whatever. Serves the same purpose.
If you download his code (link above), and use it, let me know. I'd love to hear about it.
I make one adjustment...
...to David's code when using it for soccer. Because his original formula was designed for sports like football and basketball -- where a 3- or 4-point game would actually mean the game was close -- I have adjusted the margin of victory factor he uses. Before adjustment, a team who wins by 6 earns about 0.83 of a win. But with a soccer adjustment, that number is 1.00. A two-goal win, instead of counting for only 0.78, now counts about 0.90.
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